Admitting that there was "growing feeling" amongst people that present systems were ineffective in dealing with corruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said he hoped to bring the more stringent anti-graft Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill in the monsoon session of parliament. Addressing bureaucrats of the country at a function here, Manmohan Singh stressed that his government was accelerating its efforts to create a systemic response to curb graft practices in India. "Our...
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Every fee paid to my father is accounted for: Prashant Bhushan by Gargi Parsai
“Shanti Bhushan has never met Amar Singh” Member of the joint drafting panel on the lokpal bill Prashant Bhushan on Wednesday said every fee that his father and co-chair of the panel Shanti Bhushan got for providing professional services as a lawyer was accounted for and tax paid on it. He was reacting to the charge of the former Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh, that the SP had paid a fee...
More »CD does not seem to be tampered with: Police sources
The controversial CD containing purported conversation between eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan and political leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh does not seem to have been tampered with and there is continuity in the conversation, police sources said. A senior police official said they have received the report on the CD from the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL) located at Lodhi Road. Sources quoting the report said the CD does not seem...
More »Allahabad HC issues notice to Attorney General over lokpal bill by Ashish Tripathi
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Attorney General of India on a writ petition by advocate Ashok Pande and social activist Dr Nutan Thakur challenging the resolution issued by the Centre to constitute a committee on lokpal bill. The court asked the AG to appear before it to explain how and why the drafting committee for the lokpal bill was formed. The order was passed...
More »Fresh allegations against Bhushans over Noida land allotment
Fresh allegations were made against the Bhushans on Wednesday after they declared their assets. Media reports are now alleging that Bhushans were allotted land by the Mayawati government. The allegations come even while Shanti Bhushan's son Jayant Bhushan was fighting a case against the UP govt and a case of conflict of interest is being made, according to Times Now. According to reports, the Bhushans didn't declare that a farmhouse given to...
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